Unitech F.C.
football club
Unitech FC, known in the Papua New Guinea National Soccer League as Tukoko University Lae FC, was a semi-professional soccer club based in Lae, Papua New Guinea. The club was founded in around 1994. It represented the Papua New Guinea University of Technology.
The club was the second ever Papua New Guinea side to take part in an Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) event, having qualified for the 2001 Oceania Club Championship after winning the 2000 Papua New Guinea National Club Championship. The side also competed in three editions of the National Soccer League, and were champions of the Lahi Regional League on four occasions between 2001 and 2008.
History
Foundation and early years
The club was founded in 1994, but records of their domestic activity do not begin until 1998, when they entered the Lahi Regional League and finished 4th. In 1999, the side finished top of the regular season table in Lahi, which qualified them for the 2000 National Club Championship, although the club failed to reach the Grand Final of that year's regional competition after a disappointing knockout performance.
Between 14–17 September 2000, the club took part in the National Club Championship, being drawn into Pool D and winning two and drawing one of their three matches, successfully enjoying passage to the knockout stage. The club beat Rapatona and Mopi before facing Guria Lahi in the Grand Final, triumphing 3–2 in a result which would see them qualify for the 2001 Oceania Club Championship. Later that year, they were beaten 1–0 by Sobou FC in the Grand Final of the Lahi Regional League.
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